Improvement in cotton-bale ties



UNITED STATES PATENT, OFFICE.

ANDREW J. GOING, OF CLINTON, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVEMENT IN COTTON-BALE TIES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 137,301, dated April 1,1873; application filed February 26, 1873. 7

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ANDREW JACKSON Go- ING,0fO1iDt0n,1 11 the parish ofEast Feliciana and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Cotton-Bale Ties; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing and to the letters of referencemarked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in a strip of iron or other metalprovided at each end with one or more catches, constructed ashereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, whichforms a part of this specification, and in which- Figure 1 is aperspective view of the tie as it appears when in position on the bale,and Fig. 2 is a View of the tie spread out fiat.

My bale-tie is simply a strip, A, of iron or other suitable metal, neareach end of which are two parallel slots, a a, extending from one edgeinward one-half the width of the strip,

and forming between them a tongue, b. The slots at the two ends of thestrip are on opposite sides, as shown in Fig. 2.

When the bale is pressed the strip A is passed around the same, and itsends put together with the tongues 11 1) extending in oppositedirections, and one on each side of the joint, as shown in Fig. 1. Thisforms a simple yet secure and effective tie. There may be more than onepair of slots and one tongue at either or both ends, so as toaccommodate the tie to different-sized bales.

Having thus fully described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is-

The within-described bale-tie, consisting of the strip A, having one ormore tongues, b, at each end, with a slot, at, on each side of eachtongue, substantially as shown and described, and for the purposesherein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing l have hereunto set my hand this12th day of February, 1873.

ANDREW JACKSON GOING.

In presence of G. O. GAYLE, 7 J. H. WHITE.

